Funcom and EA Partners have announced that they have reached an agreement for EA to co-publish Funcom’s upcoming modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World’.

“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Funcom, one of the world-leaders in the development of massively multiplayer online games,” says David DeMartini, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA Partners. “We are very excited to be able to take part in the growing online gaming category with such a highly anticipated title as ‘The Secret World’.”

The Secret World is a next-generation massively multiplayer online game for the PC, where players are given total freedom to create and progress their characters. Players get the opportunity to join one of the three secret societies and fight for power over important locations throughout our own world. Players will also journey through familiar places across the globe, such as Egypt, New England, London, New York and Seoul and battle monsters of myth and legend.